Microsoft, OpenAI, and Google make premium AI features free — programming, deep analysis, and voice communicationFeb 26, 2025·2 min read
Get coding help from Gemini Code Assist — now for freeOur latest developer-focused DORA research shows that over 75% of developers use AI in their daily tasks. For instance, more than 25% of all new code at Google is created by AI, then reviewed and approved by engineers. While well-funded organizations...Feb 26, 2025·3 min read
A blueprint for making quantum computers easier to programWhen MIT professor and Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) member Peter Shor first showed how quantum computers could solve problems faster than classical ones, he inspired scientists to explore many possibilities for this...Feb 8, 2025·2 min read
Study demonstrates efficacy of MIT-led Brave Behind Bars programSeveral years ago, a team of scientists from MIT and the University of Massachusetts at Lowell created and launched a unique web programming course for incarcerated individuals in various correctional facilities. The program, Brave Behind Bars, uses ...Feb 8, 2025·2 min read
Natural language boosts LLM performance in coding, planning, and roboticsLarge language models (LLMs) are becoming more useful for programming and robotics tasks. However, for complex reasoning problems, there is still a big gap between these systems and humans. Without the ability to learn new concepts like humans, these...Feb 8, 2025·2 min read
MIT researchers introduce generative AI for databasesA new tool makes it easier for database users to perform complex statistical analyses of tabular data without needing to understand the underlying processes. GenSQL, a generative AI system for databases, can help users make predictions, detect anomal...Feb 5, 2025·3 min read
“They can see themselves shaping the world they live in”On the journey from the suburbs to the city, the tree canopy often decreases as skyscrapers rise. A group of New England Innovation Academy students wondered why this happens. "Our friend Victoria noticed that in Marlborough, where we live, there are...Feb 5, 2025·3 min read
LLMs develop their own understanding of reality as their language abilities improveAsk a large language model (LLM) like GPT-4 to smell a rain-soaked campsite, and it will politely decline. Ask the same system to describe that scent, and it will wax poetic about “an air thick with anticipation" and “a scent that is both fresh and e...Feb 5, 2025·3 min read
